Say that?.... "Bet your bottom dollar?"...... where does that phrase come from?
2007-03-19 09:01:13 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
I just found this on the web:
Origin
Unsurprisingly, this in an American phrase. First cited in the La Crosse Independent Republican, September 1856:
"I'm goin' to vote for you [James Polk] - you can bet your bottom dollar on that
2007-03-19 09:05:48 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is a food store up here that uses that in their jingle.
lol Thats Funny, Bottom Dollar means best buy. No not all Americans say that. That was a song from Annie, Lil Orphan Annie
2007-03-19 16:15:31 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Your "bottom dollar" was the last one in the stack (your last one) you'd only bet it on a sure thing.
2007-03-19 16:09:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Only really old Americans say that. Really, really old ones. Most of them will be dead soon. I suppose that it comes from the dollar on the bottom of the stack.
2007-03-19 16:05:40 · answer #4 · answered by Mike V 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋
lol i have never said it except for one time i was making fun of my really old teacher who said that....
i think it mite more of a southern-american phrase and me being from the north-east, not many people say it.
2007-03-19 16:07:50 · answer #5 · answered by Clairebear. 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No not all say it. I haven't heard that used in a long time
2007-03-20 01:06:10 · answer #6 · answered by ▒Яenée▒ 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is a bit dated, so not many people still say it, but anyone who heard it would know what you were talkng about.
2007-03-19 16:07:00 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No!..not all! Haven't heard that in a long time!
2007-03-19 16:06:05 · answer #8 · answered by Jeff 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"Annie"
2007-03-19 16:07:25 · answer #9 · answered by Bowllynn 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋